Lot 129
  • 129

Lev Samoilovich Bakst, 1866-1924

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Lev Samoilovich Bakst
  • costume design for alladin ou la lampe merveileuse
  • signed in Latin l.r.
  • watercolour over pencil on paper
  • image size: 25.6 by 12.5cm., 10ΒΌ by 5in.

Provenance

Waddington Galleries, London
Collection of Cyril Bernstein

Exhibited

Chichester, Pallant House Gallery
Kendall, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Designers and Dancers of the Ballets Russes, 1994

Literature

C.Spencer, Leon Bakst and the Ballets Russes, London: Academy Editions, 1995, p.139

Catalogue Note

The production by Georges Thenon ('Rip') premiered at the Marigny Theatre, Paris in 1919